This circa 1907 postcard shows a portion of N Street, looking east near Capitol Park. Visible to the right of the frame is a carriage and horse near a series of carriage steps. To the left of the frame is the palm-lined edge of Capitol Park.

Shown in circa 1900 are, to the left, the Hall of Records and, to the right, County Courthouse. The Hall of Records was completed in 1882 for a cost of 45,000 dollars by contractors Carle and Croly, and considered "entirely fire proof," with only...

An artist's rendition of the Mechanic's Exchange Hotel as it appeared in 1849, a large wooden shack with with two doors and two windws. There is no explanation for the statue (wooden?) of a Native American holding a rifle at the left of the...

Centered at the junction of the California Central rails and the Central Pacific Railway and named for the abundant wildflowers in the area, the town of Roseville formed a school district in 1869 but had no schoolhouse of its own until 1872. A...

A stretch of Sacramento’s J Street over a century ago is the subject of this German-made color postcard. Mailed in Sacramento on October 22 of 1908 for two cents, this card’s destination was 8th Street and arrived the same day it was mailed to let...

This quaint 1905 postcard reveals a taste of the suburban and floral splendor of the Oak Park section of greater Sacramento. Settlement in the area can be traced back as early as the 1880s, and the section was incorporated by Sacramento in 1911. ...

Centered at the junction of the California Central rails and the Central Pacific Railway and named for the abundant wildflowers in the area, the town of Roseville formed a school district in 1869 but had no schoolhouse of its own until 1872. A...

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